Alcohol makes sanitizer

As the coronavirus infection is spreading in the world, the panic has also increased in Nepal. People are increasingly using masks and sanitizers to prevent infections. Due to which the market demand is increasing. There are allegations that there is a lack of it in the market due to some black market as an opportunity to make money. Meanwhile, Lalitpur Metropolitan City has trained the locals to make masks and sanitizers. The metropolis has conducted training to make sanitizer from alcohol to prevent a shortage in the market.

The metropolis has imparted training on making sanitizer from alcohol with the technical assistance of the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). Sixty representatives from 29 wards of the city participated in the training which started last Sunday. The metropolis had earlier given training in making masks. "Initially, we trained to make masks by understanding the lack of market," said Harishchandra Ghimire, a senior engineer at the metropolis.

Ghimire said that the participants were taught the whole method of making sanitizer from home-made liquor. Nast spokesperson Suresh Kumar Dhungel said that they have been trained to prepare local manpower for the production as sanitizers can be made through the use of home-made liquor.

After the training, it will be very easy to make sanitizer by processing home-made liquor, says Sajan Lal Syaula, head trainer and senior scientist of Nast. According to Syaula, domestic alcohol contains 35 to 42 percent ethanol. About 75 to 80 percent ethylene is needed to kill the virus. "We have learned how to increase the amount of ethanol in alcohol," he said. "We have learned how to increase the amount of ethanol in alcohol in the way recommended by the World Health Organization."

What is a sanitizer?

Sanitizer is a chemical that usually kills germs by cleaning. We use soap to clean our hands and disinfectants to clean the floor. Antiseptics are used to treat the body's living organisms, according to Scientific Syaula. All chemicals have their own method of cleaning. "When we clean our hands, the soap washes away the dirt and doesn't kill the germs," ​​says Syaula. "We can't use disinfectants in the body, they are used to kill bacteria." Therefore sanitizer is antiseptic.

Let's not put sanitizer in the eyes

What can be used to make sanitizer?

Sanitizers can be made in thousands of ways. However, only sanitizers made from alcohol are considered effective. Alcohol also falls into the category of chemicals. Alcohol contains chemicals including methanol, ethanol, butanol. The World Health Organization recommends making sanitizers from methanol, ethanol, and butanol. We have learned to make sanitizer using ethanol found in homebrew.

When to use it?

It can be used in any situation. It doesn't matter if you use a sanitizer to hold a newborn baby. It is used to prevent infection from one person to another. They also use sanitizer in and out of the hospital's operating theater. It is always useful to avoid any infection.

Does too much use affect or not?

Does not This is because alcohol does not stay on the skin for long. It flies away in an instant. Being in the body does not harm. There is nothing to be afraid of. But, it should not be overlooked.

Cheap iPhone SE arrives in Nepal, how much is the price?

Cheap iPhone SE arrives in Nepal, how much is the price?

Kathmandu. Apple's cheap iPhone SE Nepal has arrived some time ago. Generation Next Communications Pvt. Ltd., the official seller of Apple in Nepal, has introduced a cheap iPhone in Nepal.

The company has stated that the cheap iPhone SE 2020 model will be available in the market from next year. The phone, which went public in the international market on April 19, has entered Nepal late due to lockdown.

With a 4.7 inch display, the home button is used in this phone. At first glance, it looks like the iPhone 8 that went public in 2016.

The phone has a fingerprint sensor without Face Unlock. The phone has a 12-megapixel main camera and a 7-megapixel selfie camera. The phone will be available in three different colors namely white, black, and red.

How much is the price?

iPhone SE is the cheapest phone in the company. The iPhone SE will be available in 64 GB, 128 GB and 256 GB variants in the Nepali market.

The cheapest variant will be priced at Rs 68,500 while the 128 GB iPhone SE is priced at Rs 76,500. Similarly, the 256 GB iPhone SE will be priced at Rs 92,500, according to Generation Next.

But in the international market, the starting price of the iPhone SE is Rs 47,552 as per the exchange rate on Tuesday.

Vivo's new smartphone Y30 in the Nepali market, this is the price and features

Vivo has unveiled its new phone Y30 model in Nepal on Tuesday. This phone, which was first made public in Malaysia last May, has entered Nepal after a long wait.

The company has stated that this phone is available in two model variants in Nepal. The phone with 4 GB RAM plus 64 GB storage is priced at Rs 24,999 while the 4 GB RAM plus 128 GB storage variant is priced at Rs 27,999.

This phone has a powerful battery backup of five thousand mAh. Speaking of the camera, it has four cameras on the back. There are 13 megapixels, 8 megapixels, and 2/2 megapixel cameras.

The company claims that all these four cameras have AI support. It also has an eight-megapixel selfie camera on the front. This phone has rear fingerprint and face recognition for security.

Speaking of the Vivo Y30's screen, it has a small punch-hole camera in the upper corner. With a 6.47-inch display, the phone has 1560 by 720 pixel HD Plus resolution.

Talking about the software of the phone, it has an octa-core MediaTek Helio P Thirty-Five (MT6765) processor chip. This budget segment phone is enhanced by its iView display, AI quad-camera, and powerful 5,000 mAh battery backup.

Internet consumption increased by 33 percent in lockdown

Internet consumption increased by 33 percent in lockdown

Internet consumption in Nepal has increased by 33 percent due to the government's call for a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The figures were presented at a digital conference organized by the Technology Journalists Forum (TJF) on Tuesday.

Samit Jana Thing, chairman of Nepal Network Service Providers Group, said that domestic consumption has increased by 35 percent and external consumption by 25 percent. He said that 1486 gigabytes per second was consumed before the lockdown started and after the lockdown, it reached 1971 gigabytes per second.

Internet service providers add up to 2100 gigabytes per second, according to Thing. He said the downturn in the internet market, which normally grows at an average rate of 23 percent per year, has helped it achieve high growth in a short period.

Lockdown has seen an increase in the number of people watching movies on Netflix and running tickets at home, he said. He informed us that the consumption of the internet has doubled even in mobile gaming like Ludo. Meanwhile, Google, Facebook, and Amazon also have high rates of Internet use.

Director of the Nepal Telecommunication Authority, Vijay Kumar Roy, also said that the internet usage has increased by 36 percent in the first 10 days after the lockdown. He also said that international bandwidth consumption has increased by an average of 10 percent.

Lockdown has also stabilized Internet demand, Roy said. "Earlier in the day, there was a lot of demand at one time and a lot of demand at another time. But now there are no such fluctuations, 'he said,' but even now, between 8-10 pm, internet consumption reaches a high point. '

Where does the Internet come from?

Chairman Thing said that Bhairahawa is the main road to bring internet bandwidth in Nepal. He informed me that a lot of bandwidth will be imported from Birgunj after that. After that, the internet is also imported from Dhalkebar, Dhabi, and Tanakpur.

He said that despite an agreement with China to buy bandwidth through Rasuwagadhi, a large amount of bandwidth could not be imported from there. According to Thing, the risk of natural calamities has increased as the internet is brought from Rasuwagadhi.

"Avalanches and snowfall also cause fiber problems from time to time," he said. "Infrastructure is being constructed to bring water from Sindhupalchowk." With the opening of that border, trade with China could increase. '

 He said Internet service providers would be ready to import Chinese bandwidth if there was a facility to bring bandwidth from one checkpoint to another. However, he said that Nepali service providers have not been attracted as the Chinese internet is more expensive than in India.

Nepal is currently buying large quantities of the internet from India's Airtel and Tata. After that, Nepal also imports internet bandwidth from SIFI and many other companies. From China, Nepal Telecom is buying internet from China Telecom. According to Thing, Mercantile and WorldLink also consume less internet than companies like Alibaba and Baidu.

Rising consumption

Internet service providers say that up to 73 percent of the 2100 gigabytes per second internet available in Nepal is being consumed locally and internationally. The businessman said that most of the internet is being consumed only on Google and Facebook.

These two platforms use the Internet for 82 percent of domestic consumption and 56 percent of external consumption. Although there are more mobile internet users based on the number of users, wireless internet users are consuming only 11 percent of the total consumption.

Fixed Internet (WiFi), which is connected via wire, consumes 89 percent of the bandwidth, said, Chairman Thing. NEA Director Roy said mobile access has reached 126.70 percent of the country's population and internet access has reached 72.22 percent of the population. He said that access to mobile broadband has reached 56.14 percent and access to fixed broadband has reached only about 18 percent.

Customer interest

Internet service providers now say that about 80 percent of complaints are related to the quality of Wi-Fi. He said that the customers have been complaining about the slow speed and interruption of the internet due to network sharing.

However, there is a lack of a system to see how much bandwidth is coming to the consumer's router, said Chairman Thing. He said, "It is not possible to do this right now as it costs a lot to check the traffic every five minutes."

But the technical side of it is being worked on, ”he said.

However, he said that there was no denying that the internet would be shared. "We want to provide 25 Mbps internet for 8 people. Everyone gets 3 Mbps, 'he said,' but not everyone uses the internet at the same level at the same time, so one user is consuming 10-12 Mbps. '

He said Internet service providers already share bandwidth in this way and that it will be shared across multiple devices even when consumers use it at home. "If we don't distribute the internet like this, we can sell at such a cheap price No, 'he said.

Cheapest price

The price of the internet in the international market has come down drastically. NEA Director Roy said that the price of internet per megabit per month, which used to be  30, has now dropped to  6.

However, Nepali consumers have not been able to get the benefit of cheap internet bandwidth. Roy said that they would also discuss price adjustment in the Nepali market in line with the fall in international prices.

Policy initiatives

Director Roy said that Lockdown has further enhanced the importance of the Internet in Nepal and expressed the commitment of NEA to continue to take the lead in the implementation of the plans prepared by the Digital Nepal Framework. He said that NEA is regularly monitoring and improving the availability, access, price, and quality of the internet in Nepal.

He said that they have been conducting regular active monitoring to ensure that the internet service is not disrupted due to non-renewal even during the lockdown. He said that they are working on the availability of fifth-generation internet, internet facility in public places, use of internet in education and health, improvement of mobile service infrastructure.

How much internet comes to Nepal from China?

5.155 Gbps bandwidth is entering Nepal from China. According to the Telecommunication Authority of Nepal, Nepal Telecom is the regulatory body of the telecommunications sector, with Mercantile Communications, the largest provider of five Gbps and network and internet service provider, introducing 155 Mbps bandwidth.

The rest of the total 550 Gbps international internet bandwidth being consumed in Nepal is coming from India. Thus, the bandwidth coming from China is less than one percent.

Samit Jan Thing, Board of Directors of Nepal Internet Exchange (NPIX), informed that WorldLink is currently conducting tests to import bandwidth from Rasuwagadhi port in China. There are two checkpoints in the north for international bandwidth entry into Nepal from China.

Out of which, network infrastructures are under construction at Tatopani Naka and limited amount of bandwidth has been imported from Tatopani Naka for some years now.

According to Thing, who is also the chief technical officer of WorldLink, the main reason for the low bandwidth coming from China is that it is expensive to bring bandwidth through the mountainous terrain and difficult geography. He said service providers were not interested in importing more bandwidth from China because of the risk of avalanches and the fact that repairs would take longer if the fiber was cut.

However, he estimated that the bandwidth imported from China could increase in the future as one of the checkpoints could be used as the other checkpoints are under construction as the Tatopani checkpoint is also under construction.

Total bandwidth of 500 Gbps bandwidth was entering Nepal from both China and India. But with the increase in internet consumption due to logging, bandwidth imports have reached 550 Gbps. Thus, the import of bandwidth has increased by 10 percent due to lockdown.

In Kenya, Google is providing the Internet from a balloon

Agency. Google's subsidiary Loon has officially launched its commercial internet service in the Kenyan mountains. Loon has started to provide internet service in a separate style by flying balloons in the sky.

These balloons fly in the air above the earth's surface and act as cell service towers. This is the first time that Loon has been able to offer such a large amount of service using such isolated technology. Loon has launched the service in partnership with Kenya's local telecom service provider, Telecom Kenya.

The company is providing cellular services from its network in an area of ​​five thousand square kilometers. As the area is located in a mountainous area, the service providers were having difficulty in preparing the underground infrastructure.

Loon signed an agreement in 2019 to provide its first commercial service in Kenya. With the epidemic of Covid 19 spreading, the company's justification for this kind of effort has become even stronger.

Under this different technology of loon, 35 balloons will be flying in the target coverage area. The average internet speed available is up to 18.9 Mbps and the download speed is above 4.47 Mbps. It has a latency of 19 milliseconds. According to Loon, it can easily use voice calls, video calls, YouTube video streaming, WhatsApp.

Loon has been testing his services in Kenya since last year. The company was providing services to 35,000 customers during the trial period.

Before the recent commercial service began in 2017, Lun used its balloon technology as an emergency service in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

At present, Loon is providing its services in collaboration with commercial telecom companies in many remote areas of the world. Loon Alphabet is a subsidiary of Google.